By Carmen Ensinger
St. Francis Junior High Lady Knights traveled to North Greene last week to play the North Greene Lady Warriors.
The seventh-grade girls played a good game but came up just one basket short and lost to the Lady Warriors 18-16.
In the eighth-grade game, it looked the Lady Knights were going to have an easy night ahead of them as they built up a 15-0 lead after the first quarter. But the Lady Warriors kept battling back and pulled to within one, 29-30 with 1:30 left in the fourth quarter.
Twenty seconds later, with 1:10 left in the game, North Greene would take the lead for the first time at 31-30. St. Francis regained their composure and shut down the Lady Warriors while managing to make a free throw and sink another basket to make the final score 34-31 and come away with the win.
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The St. Francis Junior High Lady Knights faced off against the North Greene Lady Warriors last week. The Warriors took the win in the seventh-grade matchup while the Lady Knights took the win in a close eighth-grade match.
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Neely Goetten puts up the ball for the St. Francis Lady Knights as they beat North Greene in a close match, 34-31.
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Maleah Derrick takes a shot for the Lady Knights against the Lady Warriors. The Knights lost to the Warriors in the seventh-grade game 18-16 and secured the win in a close eighth-grade game, 34-31.
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Nola Griffith secures the ball the for the Lady Knights as they faced off against the North Greene Lady Warriors.
